<s>
Pixetell	B-Protocol
was	O
an	O
online	O
communication	O
and	O
collaboration	B-Protocol
tool	I-Protocol
for	O
producing	O
and	O
sharing	O
screencasts	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
short	O
videos	O
that	O
present	O
the	O
contents	O
and	O
activity	O
on	O
their	O
computer	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
developer	O
,	O
Ontier	O
Inc.	O
,	O
was	O
acquired	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
publicly	O
disclosed	O
what	O
company	O
acquired	O
Ontier	O
and	O
its	O
product	O
Pixetell	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pixetell	B-Protocol
screencasts	B-Protocol
could	O
be	O
combined	O
with	O
audio	O
voice-over	O
,	O
existing	O
video	O
files	O
and	O
webcam	B-Protocol
recordings	O
to	O
present	O
information	O
to	O
the	O
person	O
viewing	O
the	O
recording	O
;	O
attachments	B-Operating_System
may	O
be	O
added	O
and	O
sent	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
message	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
permitted	O
people	O
to	O
communicate	O
asynchronously	O
;	O
as	O
with	O
email	O
,	O
the	O
producer	O
and	O
the	O
viewer	O
did	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
online	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
;	O
but	O
as	O
with	O
remote	B-Protocol
desktop	I-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
,	O
it	O
was	O
possible	O
to	O
provide	O
detailed	O
demonstrations	O
of	O
computer-based	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pixetell	B-Protocol
production	O
software	O
was	O
available	O
only	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
;	O
the	O
recordings	O
were	O
displayed	O
in	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
format	O
,	O
and	O
viewable	O
from	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
could	O
be	O
attached	O
to	O
Pixetell	B-Protocol
messages	O
and	O
existing	O
video	O
could	O
be	O
edited	O
into	O
a	O
Pixetell	B-Protocol
message	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
is	O
the	O
case	O
with	O
some	O
other	O
screen	B-Protocol
recording	I-Protocol
and	O
screencasting	B-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
products	O
,	O
Pixetell	B-Protocol
's	O
software	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
messages	O
that	O
demonstrate	O
software	O
features	O
and	O
critiques	O
of	O
digital	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
